So destiny is that we should devote our life for awakening Krsna consciousness. This human life is meant for that purpose. By nature's way, prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27], nature is bringing us. As soon as we become sinful, we are dropped down to suffer the sequence of sinful life in different varieties. Again, just like a man, criminal, is put into the jail, but when his time is finished, again he is made free. Similarly, the cycle of birth and death, dehantara-praptih, tatha dehantara-praptih [Bg. 2.13], one after another, is going on. So the animal life means reaction of sinful life, and upper class of life, demigods, means result of pious life. Two kinds of things are there, sinful and pious, through the cycle of birth is going on. But this human form of life or above human form of life, it is a chance for understanding the real value of life, and therefore for human beings there are guidances, these Vedas, Puranas, Vedanta-sutra. It is meant for the human beings, not for the cats and dogs. Anadi-bahirmukha jiva krsna bhuli gela ataeva krsna veda-purana kaila [Cc. Madhya 20.117]. So it is recommended in the human form of life, first of all training as a brahmacari, then he may remain as grhastha for sometime. The life is divided into four parts, twenty-five years. Suppose I live a hundred years: twenty-five years to become brahmacari, remain as brahmacari, and twenty-five years to remain as grhastha, family man, and twenty-five years as vanaprastha and twenty-five years as sannyasa. This is system, Vedic system. Sannyasa means vanaprastha is the preparation for sannyasa, and sannyasa means completely dedicated to the service of Krsna. This is our system. Just like you are spirit soul. Our business is not here. Our business in the spiritual world. Here, by circumstances you have fallen into the material condition, but if you take "This is all-in-all our duty,'' that is not advised in the sastra. It is circumstances. We have fallen into, under certain circumstances, so we have to take care of. The real duty is to how to save myself from this material entanglement.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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